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• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/TIMOR-LESTE - On the anniversary of 500 years of evangelization, Timor-Leste will sign a Concordat with the Catholic Church Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Timor-Leste, will sign a concordat with the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on August 15 when it celebrates 500 years of evangelization in the Country. The evangelizatio ...
• 7 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The beatification ceremony of Benedict Daswa will be held on September 13, the first martyr of South Africa recognized by the Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 September the Church in South Africa is preparing to celebrate the beatification of Benedict Samuel Tshimangadzo Daswa, martyred on 2 February 1990 (see Fides 30/09/2014), the first m ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Women and children are the main victims of the war in the Country Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan for almost 14 years recorded a 1% increase of victims in the first half of 2015, 4921 deaths or injuries among civilians, compared to the same period in 2 ...
• 7 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - There are few hopes that the peace agreement will be signed by 17 August Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between the South Sudanese factions have resumed in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in order to end 19 months of civil war. The peace plan, presented by IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on ...
• 7 August 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - There are 10,000 participants attending the III Youth National Meeting Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 young people from around the country are participating in the III Youth National Meeting (ENAJO in Spanish) in Barquisimeto (Venezuela). From August 6 to 9, according to ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National meeting among the indigenous communities for the protection of human rights Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Villages and indigenous communities of Venezuela will meet during a national meeting in the Kumarakapay community, Gran Sabana municipality, in Bolivar State, with the aim of unifying criteria o ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Freedoms have limits", said Mgr. Chomalí Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is not a solution but an act of violence", said His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomalí, Archbishop of Concepción to the international press, speaking on the current debate in Chile on the ...
• 6 August 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - By 2020, 20 Catholic radio stations will be created to cover the entire territory of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - By 2020 there will be 20 Catholic radio stations in Kenya. This is laid down in the 2016-2020 plan approved by the Commission for Social Communications/Waumini Communications of the Episcopal Co ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A year ago ISIS expelled Christians from the Nineveh plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "It was horrible. I will never forget the terror imprinted on the face of tens of thousands of people. They were convinced that Isis would have killed them". Rami, 22 years old, is one of the Ch ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Farrell remembers Catholics the duty to welcome foreigners Dallas (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent wave of anti-immigrant sentiment on behalf of public figures is not new to American history", said the Bishop of Dallas (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Joseph Farrell in his column ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Child labor: illegal but cheap in a Country with 8 million working children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - With 200,000 inhabitants, Korail is one of the largest slums of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Among its labyrinthine streets, mud and garbage, there are thousands of homes of just 10 square meters ...
• 5 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "Water project" for Aleppo to provide water to the martyred Syrian city has concluded Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Aleppo has again been without water since 31 July. A heat wave is expected for this week that will bring the temperature up to 45 degrees", said a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by the NGO "Le ...
• 5 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina recalls the murder of Mgr. Angelelli who opposed to dictatorship La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of Mgr. Enrique Angelelli, Bishop of La Rioja in 1976, was recalled on August 4 with a Mass in the Diocese of La Rioja (north-west of Argentina), with a huge number of comments on so ...
• 5 August 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops praise Obama's plan to cutt carbon dioxide emissions Miami (Agenzia Fides) - "An important step to protect the health of all, especially of children, the elderly, the poor and vulnerable communities, from pollution and the harmful effects of climate change", said His Exc. ...
• 5 August 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Thousands of victims because of heavy flooding Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese government has declared a state of calamity in the central and western regions of Myanmar's Chin, Rakáin, Magwe and Sagaing, the most severely affected by the floods that continue to ...